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 which makes dilecte Mæcenas' address to Horace; but it is a choice of evils.

And lords of land Affect the sea.

of course goes with fastidiosus, not with dominus. Mine is a loose rendering, not a false interpretation.

meaning is not that worth is not disgraced by defeat in contests for worldly honours, but that the honours which belong to worth are such as the worthy never fail to attain, such as bring no disgrace along with them, and such as the popular breath can neither confer nor resume.

True men and thieves Neglected Justice oft confounds.

"The thieves have bound the true men." Author:William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Henry IV, Act ii. Scene 2; where see Steevens' note.

No more the adulterous guest can charm The Spartan queen.

followed Ritter in constructing Lacænce adulteræ as a dative with splendet; but I have done so as a poetical translator rather than as a commentator.